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Charlie Walk
Charlie Walk (born September 2, 1968) is an American music executive and entrepreneur. He was the president of Republic Records from 2016–2018, and the president of Epic Records from 2005–2008. In 2018, he appeared as a judge on the Fox reality series The Four: Battle for Stardom.
Walk listened to Boston's WRKO on his portable radio as a child and said he first wanted to work in the music industry when he was eight years old.
He attended Boston University Questrom School of Business. He graduated in 1990 with a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration.
Walk began his career as a college rep for Sony Music, then CBS Records, while a student at BU. He was hired as a marketing and promotion manager for Columbia Records in1990. He worked out of the CBS Northeast distribution office in Winchester, Massachusetts. Among other early projects, he promoted the debut album by New Kids on the Block.
During his time at Columbia he became vice president for promotion at the label. He was profiled in The New York Times in 1988. At Columbia he worked with Destiny's Child and Beyoncé Knowles, Will Smith, Maxwell, John Legend, Mariah Carey, The Fugees, Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, John Mayer, Bruce Springsteen, and Aerosmith.[failed verification]
He was named executive vice president, promotion, in 2000 from the position of senior vice president of pop promotion. In 2004, he was promoted to executive vice president of creative marketing and promotion at Columbia where he was in charge of developing non-traditional marketing strategies.
In December 2005, Walk became president of Epic Records. Jessica Simpson moved from Columbia to Epic to follow Walk. He also worked with the label’s established artists, including RedOne.
He also created a partnership with ABC to integrate Epic artists with their programming, which enabled viewers to purchase songs they heard on ABC television shows. He led the campaigns that broke new artists including The Script, Sean Kingston, The Fray, Sara Bareilles and Natasha Bedingfield. He was let go from the label in December 2008.
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Charlie Walk
Charlie Walk (born September 2, 1968) is an American music executive and entrepreneur. He was the president of Republic Records from 2016–2018, and the president of Epic Records from 2005–2008. In 2018, he appeared as a judge on the Fox reality series The Four: Battle for Stardom.
Walk listened to Boston's WRKO on his portable radio as a child and said he first wanted to work in the music industry when he was eight years old.
He attended Boston University Questrom School of Business. He graduated in 1990 with a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration.
Walk began his career as a college rep for Sony Music, then CBS Records, while a student at BU. He was hired as a marketing and promotion manager for Columbia Records in1990. He worked out of the CBS Northeast distribution office in Winchester, Massachusetts. Among other early projects, he promoted the debut album by New Kids on the Block.
During his time at Columbia he became vice president for promotion at the label. He was profiled in The New York Times in 1988. At Columbia he worked with Destiny's Child and Beyoncé Knowles, Will Smith, Maxwell, John Legend, Mariah Carey, The Fugees, Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, John Mayer, Bruce Springsteen, and Aerosmith.[failed verification]
He was named executive vice president, promotion, in 2000 from the position of senior vice president of pop promotion. In 2004, he was promoted to executive vice president of creative marketing and promotion at Columbia where he was in charge of developing non-traditional marketing strategies.
In December 2005, Walk became president of Epic Records. Jessica Simpson moved from Columbia to Epic to follow Walk. He also worked with the label’s established artists, including RedOne.
He also created a partnership with ABC to integrate Epic artists with their programming, which enabled viewers to purchase songs they heard on ABC television shows. He led the campaigns that broke new artists including The Script, Sean Kingston, The Fray, Sara Bareilles and Natasha Bedingfield. He was let go from the label in December 2008.